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Welcomes expand Exponentially

Hi Guys,

Just curious about something, open to any ideas or desires to keep thing unchanged.

Our Sangha is not all that big, but as we have gotten to a certain number of folks, the number of greetings has started to expand exponentially. I love it, but maybe there is a better way to do things appropriate to a written forum such as this? Any suggestions?

Maybe, for example, we can appoint a couple of "Official Greeters", and they could be responsible for welcoming new people on behalf of everyone (Harry??)? Any other ideas?

I wish too that we could wish "farewell" to folks who decide not to stay or drift away. :-)

A lot of other forums have a specific section for introductions. There could be one for farewells as well I guess. An official greeter seems like a reasonable idea.

Usually if there's a bunch of welcomes already, I don't post one.

The one thing that I've noticed, where treeleaf differs from some other forums, is that that they will have the site split into sections, and relevent topics posted in the appropriate section. I don't know if that would really work with Treeleaf though.

Either way would probably be an improvement, but I think I would have to lean toward the monthly sticky idea. I rather like the simplicity of the "Book Club Forum" and "Community Forum", and perhaps an additional "Introduction" forum would be a little out of place?

Someday it will probably become necessary to fracture up our forums by topic, but for now, I don't see that as necessary. I find it quaint to have all discussion in one place.

Okay, based on consensus, we will have a monthly sticky thread. When folks contact me to sign in, I will point them there. Please, everyone, look in there from time to time and sat "hi" to the new folks.

Harry can be our "Official Greeter", though I'm worried that, after one of his trademark greetings, that's the last we'll hear from some people! :-)